ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Sanuali 3, 2018

Lau Ia ko e angahala, na‘e ‘ikai ha‘ane angahalá

( my sin was counted against Christ)

Fehu‘i #25

‘Oku malava nai ‘e he pekia ‘a Kalaisí  ke fakamolemole‘i kotoa ai ‘etau ngaahi angahala?

‘Io, he na‘e totongi kakato ‘e he pekia ‘a Kalaisí ‘i he kolosí ‘a hotau mo‘ua ki he angahalá, pea tu‘unga ‘i he ‘alo‘ofa ‘ata‘atā pe ‘a e ‘Otuá, ‘oku ne foaki kiate kitautolu ‘a e ma‘oni‘oni ‘a Kalaisí, ‘o hangē pe ia ko ha‘atau me‘á, pea ‘ikai ha‘ane toe manatu ki he‘etau angahala.

Does Christ's death mean all our sins can be forgiven?

Yes, because Christ's death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God graciously imputes Christ's righteousness to us as if it were our own and will remember our sins no more.

2 Kolinito 5:21

Na‘a ne ngaohi ko e koto angahala ‘a e Toko Taha ko ia na‘e ‘ikai te ne ongona ha angahala, koe‘uhi ā ko kitautolu; koe‘uhi ke tau hoko ai ‘iate ia ko e koto mā‘oni‘oni faka‘otua.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:21

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him

we might become the righteousness of God.

Commentary – ALISTAIR BEGG (cont…)

When Paul writes to the Corinthians, he tells them that God was not counting their sins against them. And the reason for that is because he was counting them against him. Jesus died not as a martyr, but as a substitute. The invitation of the gospel is given to all, but the assurance of forgiveness is only for those who are in Christ, whose sins have been counted to him.